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Spanish trustees need to go back to school
The issue of education in financial and investment matters as a fundamental need of pension fund trustees in Spain was confirmed in a recent survey carried out by Mercer. The survey into corporate governance among second pillar pension schemes was the first of its kind in Spain. One of its ...
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French working life balance tilts
Passed by the French Parliament in July 2003 then validated by the Constitutional Council, the law on pension reform was published in its final form (as law No 2003-775) on 21 August 2003. A number of articles of the law are still to be dealt with by decree in the ...
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Operating on a number of fronts
Peter Borgdorff, director of the Vereniging van Bedrijfstakpensioenfondsen or VB, for short, the association for Dutch industry-wide pension funds in The Hague, says there is reason for his members to be pleased with the outcome of the recent government proposals on pension reform. Harking back to the infamous September 2002 ...
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Managing the paradox
In a special joint interview at ING’s global headquarters in Amsterdam, Dick de Beus, chairman of the health care fund PGGM, and Jan Nijssen, global head of pensions at ING, shared their thoughts. IPE: What are the main issues facing people like yourselves in your positions on a day-to-day ...
